To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. Anatole Broyard on peace
Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words. Anatole Broyard on poetry
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. Anatole Broyard on war